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HMS Ulysses

by Alistair MacLean · 1955

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The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century's greatest writers of action and suspense - an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Now reissued in a new cover style.The story of men who rose to heroism, and then to something greater, HMS Ulyssestakes its place alongside The Caine Mutinyand The Cruel Seaas one of the classic novels of the navy at war.

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It is the compelling story of Convoy FR77 to Murmansk - a voyage that pushes men to the limits of human endurance, crippled by enemy attack and the bitter cold of the Arctic.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
nauticalnauticalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 467 pages

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